Current owner and President of Claude Lakey mouthpieces, Nick Bogden,
began taking lessons from Claude in 1956 in both trumpet and saxophone.
Nick was president of the famous San Fernando Valley youth band in the
1960’s. In 1974 Nick purchased the music store from Claude and his wife,
Norma. Claude devoted all his energy to develop the current line of
mouthpieces and they continue to please Sax players around the world.
Nick Bogden teamed up with "The Captain & Tennille" in 1979 to build and
operate Rumbo Recording Studios in Canoga Park, California. During this
period Nick was involved with many top recording artists of the 1980’s
including Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty, Survivor, Bob Seger, The Beach Boys,
Super Tramp, REO among others. Nick Bogden and his wife Mary Jo
purchased the mouthpiece business in 1990 and are devoted to carry on
the fine tradition that Claude Lakey started.